zeitgeist

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And it is like part of, you know -- this word zeitgeist finally had some kind of real meaning to me.

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  1. The spirit or genius of the time; that general drift of thought or feeling which particularly characterizes any period of time: a German word occasionally used in English.

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  1. G.; from zeit, time (= English tide), + geist, spirit (= English ghost).
 

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/ˈtsaɪtgaɪst/
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